Typeface design is an intricate art that thrives on details, but what happens when designers zoom out to embrace the broader socio-political and cultural landscape? My-Lan Thuong, a Vietnamese-French designer at Sharp Type, exemplifies this approach, weaving her unique perspectives…
Junki Jung (a.k.a. Jun Jung) is a Lead Senior Designer at Pentagram, New York, whose career bridges the worlds of Korean and international design. A graduate of Hongik University—one of Korea’s most prestigious art schools—Jung began his career at Ahn…
In this interview, New York-based independent designer and art director, Min Kim shares his design philosophy, inspirations, and the journey that led him to work with industry giants. For Min Kim, it all started with car magazines. The New York-based…
Not many creatives can capture the emotional essence and expressive power of typography and experimental type as effectively as Vlad Boyko. Known for his experimental digital collages and dynamic, type-based designs, his work pushes the boundaries of legibility and functionality,…
In this interview, Lucile Martin, co-founder of alliage, shares their creative methodology and how to speak to a large audience while maintaining an experimental edge. Established in 2017 by Lucile Martin and Julien Pik, Brussels-based studio alliage blends Martin’s dreamy…
Exploring Chae Byungrok’s portfolio, one cannot help but be captivated by his expressive and abstract works, through which he communicates his fresh and innovative perspective. As an expressionist, the Seoul-based graphic designer demonstrates how his creative development was influenced by…
In this interview, we delve into the origin and creation of OCR-X, a monospaced typeface that pays homage to the iconic OCR-A. Originally designed by American Type Founders Co., OCR-A was developed during the early era of computer optical character…
Samuel Sapin-Blacher from Production Type chats to Chi-Long Trieu on the release of Paramount, and the twisting journey it took to get there. Over a year ago, Type Designer, Founder, and Creative Director of Office for Typography Chi-Long Trieu caught…
Here, she tells us more about her work for the exhibition. Curated in early 2022 by Non-Depleted at Berlin’s Haus der Statistik, Positioned Realities is an exhibition dedicated to creating public-spirited cultural spaces, cooperative development, participatory education, and critical social…
The experimental type works of Rozi Zhu (@rozi.525) are a series of captivating lessons in discovery and imagination. In the field of type design, it’s commonly accepted to go outside the box a bit, but not too much. After all,…
Positioned as an independent creative and passionate about letters and graphic design, Victoria Englund is a 25 years old creative based in Stockholm, Sweden. She mostly works in the fields of type design, branding, and creativity. “My way toward design…
We asked Jonathan Bruun (DK) all about their experience as a type design intern at AllCaps. Jonathan Bruun introduces us to AllCaps (@allcapstype), a design studio focused on publishing typefaces, through his perspective and experiences as an intern. Jonathan has…
Discussing everything from NFTs to the appeal of the chrome aesthetic, David F. Costa, founder of Disruptive magazine, interviews the creative behind @chrometype, a platform for the 3D type & chrome aesthetic obsessed. Joey, also known as Modern Revolt, is…
I speak with the founder of Arabic Script Studio (@arabic_script), an Arabic branding studio and leading platform for designers in the Persian and Arab worlds. ZLM: Welcome, Mehrdad. First, can you explain what you do at Arabic Script Studio? M:…
Azza Alameddine shares her approach to designing multilingual type systems with distinctive personalities. The work of Azza Alameddine, a freelance graphic and type designer who specialises in branding, lettering and Arabic typefaces, combines an experimental, curious approach to letterforms with…
